Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the participants (N = 235).
| Variables | Perimenopausal (n = 62) |
Postmenopausal (n = 173) |
tdf=233 | p-Value * | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | |||
| Age (years) | 48.73 | 2.96 | 56.44 | 4.13 | −13.502 | <0.001 |
| Age at menopause (years) | - | - | 48.76 | 4.45 | - | - |
| Time since menopause (years) | - | - | 7.68 | 5.09 | - | - |
| Body mass (kg) | 75.92 | 17.74 | 74.39 | 13.75 | 0.694 | 0.488 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 28.34 | 5.99 | 28.23 | 5.33 | 0.137 | 0.891 |
| WC (cm) | 88.19 | 13.11 | 89.58 | 12.15 | −0.761 | 0.447 |
| WHtR | 0.54 | 0.08 | 0.55 | 0.08 | −1.029 | 0.305 |
| HbA1c | 5.48 | 1.10 | 5.58 | 0.95 | −0.712 | 0.477 |
| Fasting serum glucose (mg/dL) | 90.93 | 38.16 | 93.27 | 35.85 | −0.433 | 0.665 |
| Insulin (µIU/L) | 9.45 | 6.67 | 10.05 | 6.08 | −0.651 | 0.516 |
| Systolic BP (mmHg) | 117.85 | 17.01 | 123.00 | 19.57 | −1.836 | 0.068 |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 77.37 | 10.02 | 77.97 | 10.45 | −0.392 | 0.695 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 214.31 | 30.36 | 210.51 | 37.21 | 0.723 | 0.471 |
| LDL-C (mg/dL) | 123.59 | 32.64 | 123.11 | 32.19 | 0.100 | 0.921 |
| HDL-C (mg/dL) | 70.96 | 17.11 | 66.98 | 18.32 | 1.494 | 0.137 |
| TG (mg/dL) | 90.57 | 37.06 | 102.53 | 46.90 | −1.815 | 0.071 |
| TG/HDL ratio | 1.43 | 0.92 | 1.73 | 1.17 | −1.800 | 0.073 |
| TC/HDL ratio | 3.19 | 0.85 | 3.32 | 0.90 | −1.031 | 0.303 |
| LDL/HDL ratio | 1.88 | 0.74 | 1.98 | 0.75 | −0.918 | 0.359 |
| HOMA-IR | 2.52 | 4.26 | 2.47 | 2.26 | 0.110 | 0.913 |
| POL-SCORE 2015 (score) | 0.29 | 0.49 | 1.06 | 1.42 | −4.172 | <0.001 |
| BDI (score) | 7.84 | 5.72 | 7.40 | 7.35 | 0.421 | 0.674 |
| BKMI (score) | 18.27 | 5.48 | 20.31 | 5.48 | −2.504 | 0.013 |
BMI—body mass index, WC—waist circumference, WHtR—waist-circumference-to-height ratio, HbA1c—glycated hemoglobin, BP—blood pressure, LDL-C—low-density lipoprotein, HDL-C—high-density lipoprotein, TG—triglycerides, TC—total cholesterol, HOMA-IR—Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance, BDI—Beck Depression Inventory, BKMI—Blatt–Kupperman Menopausal Index, * Student’s t-test, M—mean, SD—standard deviation, N—number of all participants, n—number of participants in a subgroup, p—significance level.